[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

That's easy to do. You just check that the username exists. If someone enters a wrong username/password pair, you can still check that the username exists, but how do you know that the user intended to log in with that username? You would also have to check every other username to see if the password matches, and that can't be done with a simple search because you need to compute a different hash for each user you check. Then if the username exists and the password also happens to match someone else's password, then what do you report? Should you even report it? Because doing so reveals that someone had that specific password, and if the list of usernames is publicly available (which they often are, or could become public through a leak of some sort), then you can brute force over a small set of usernames to match them up.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

127.0.0.1:8000

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Currency is an abstraction for all the goods and services you might barter. I can sell you a pair of shoes for 1 currency unit, then buy your pastries for 1 currency unit. The result is the same.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

I can make good shoes. I make bad pastries.

You make good pastries. You make bad shoes.

I make you shoes. You make me pastries. Now I have good shoes and pastries. You also have good shoes and pastries. Everyone wins.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 111 points 2 months ago

Turns out Benjamin Franklin had it right, and it was this time traveler that caused him to flip it to the wrong direction.

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IPF Rule changes (Jan 2026) (www.powerlifting.sport)
submitted 3 months ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/fitness@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58096221

Changes are highlighted in red.

Most notably, there seems to be three rule changes relating to technique:

  • Squat: Must use a full grip. Thumbless grip is no longer permitted. There's also a minimum height for bar position now.
  • Bench press: No sink-and-press
  • Deadlift: Clarifications on what it means to lock out with your shoulders back.
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submitted 6 months ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

Say it's 25C outside and 30C indoors. I want to bring the indoor temp down to 25C, but opening all the windows barely makes a dent. Does it make sense to have the AC turned on and set to 25C while I have the windows open? Or should I be closing them anyway?

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 95 points 7 months ago

The effect may be considerable in a few centuries

Hahahaha

ha

:c

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

Version 1.0.16

This just started yesterday. Every time I switch screens (e.g. opening/closing comments or viewing a different community), The screen changes, it swipes down to reveal the old screen, then switches back to the new screen. It's very disorienting. Anyone else or just me?

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submitted 1 year ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Apparently we can register as a liberal to vote in the upcoming leadership race. What does it mean if I register? What do I gain (besides the aforementioned voting) and does it place any kind of restrictions on me (e.g. am I prevented from doing the same with a different party)?

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submitted 2 years ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/fitness@lemmy.world

This is a video about Jorn Trommelen's recent paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38118410/

The gist of it is that they compared 25g protein meals vs 100g protein meals, and while you do use less of it for muscle protein synthesis at that quantity, it's a very minor difference. So the old adage still holds: Protein quantity is much more important than timing.

While we're at it, I'd also like to share an older but very comprehensive overview of protein intake by the same author: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/athlete-protein-intake/

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Following up on another question about open source funding, how does it usually work when there is funding to pay for the dev's work, then someone new joins in and makes significant contributions? Does the original dev still keep everything? Do you split the funds between the devs? If so, how do you decide how much each person gets? Are there examples of projects where something like this has happened?

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 155 points 2 years ago

Academic Authors: $0

FAKE NEWS

This should be in the negatives. We have to pay to get papers published in these traditional journals.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 61 points 2 years ago

You ever use a paper cup? That's basically what they are.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 71 points 2 years ago

You can get a pack of frozen hash browns for cheaper than that. Saves time, money, and tastier imo.

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I suspect this is a problem with posts that have extremely long bodies like this one: https://slrpnk.net/comment/8035803

I'm trying to scroll down to the top first comment and inevitably overshoot. When I i try to scroll back up, it suddenly jumps back to the middle of the OP's body.

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submitted 2 years ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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submitted 2 years ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/dadsplain@lemmy.ca

I was looking up when babies can safely start eating untoasted bread and one of the images led me to this website that sells... stuff? Are they selling me the question? Who knows.

Then if you scroll down to the related products, you can buy a basketball club for $30, down from $15!

I'm guessing this is some phishing website looking to steal credit cards. I also still haven't found an answer to my original question.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 99 points 2 years ago

I searched through Lemmy posts with that word. Half of them have people asking the exact same question, and based on the answers, I'm going to conclude that no one knows.

One guess that seems plausible is that it's an AI hallucinated word that's showing up a lot because they're using AI to generate the captions.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 years ago

Bro took less than a minute to find and share this image. I need to know his indexing strategy.

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 75 points 2 years ago

If you're not familiar with European grocery stores, you'll have no idea what Carrefour is. "Supermarket Giant" makes sense to everyone.

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Is it possible for posts to show the domain (TLD and SLD) of link posts?

Use case: I don't want to watch videos so I want to avoid clicking YouTube links. I would like to know that they are YouTube videos without having my phone spend the next minute trying to open YouTube.

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submitted 2 years ago by howrar@lemmy.ca to c/lemmy411@lemmy.ca

Is there a community meant for anything that doesn't currently fit into the existing communities?

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